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And if you look at the overall impact on the risk reduction, it does make a difference between 72 hours and 24 hours. thats the left side of the screen. for vaccinated, its, yeah, theres a little bit of a benefit but not much. so for not much benefit, theyre considering doing this, which i think to your point, jake, speaks to their level of concern on this. >> same day pcr antigen tests. theyre not cheap. but are they reliable given how long it can take to show covid symptoms? >> this is a very ...

Jagan Mohan directed the officials to keep a target to complete two crore doses of vaccination by the end of December and said to focus on the districts where the process is slow.

Our surveillance testing is certainly better than it was and as nick mentioned about one-seventh of positive tests are then going and getting their genomic sequence done to foind out which variant it is. we shouldnt be surprised if omicron is here. over the summer we stopped testing. we had a real lull in testing. we talked a lot about this idea of having plenty of home tests. they are more available now but i think people have not been using them as much as they could. antigen tests, dana, are ...

The nhs test and trace service. do you think the government is going to give way on that? i you think the government is going to give way on that?— give way on that? i think its a really important _ give way on that? i think its a really important point. - give way on that? i think its a really important point. we - give way on that? i think its aj really important point. we are give way on that? i think its a - really important point. we are now in a position where travellers have started to ...

And tracing? >> so, number one, yes, i do. i believe we can do that. but we absolutely need more testing. as you know, testing plummeted sort of toward the midsummer to less than 50% of its rates in january. and there was a lull in the production of the antigen tests. i think the administration is trying to reverse that. but i do agree with andy slav it that one of the things you can do aside from getting boosted is get those home tests. i literally just went to walmart yesterday and picked up t...

Protect against this variant. >> you said that pcr tests, coronavirus tests, should detect cases of this new variant. but what about those that use the at-home rapid tests. could omicron be more widespread than the ability to track it because those tests dont work on omicron? >> i asked that question just yesterday because i was on a prolonged zoom call with our african -- south african colleagues. and they said at least some of the rapid antigen tests would pick this up. he couldnt guarantee al...

Tests available, determine if this variant is already here? can they detect this variant effectively? >> some of the rapid antigen tests can do that and pcr tests can detect the presence of an abnormality that would be a signal of this variant. it is a long way of saying, yes. it is not directly finding omicron but finding a signature if you will of this particular variant that would lead people to believe that is what it is. so the antigen tests are a little more iffy. >> as usual, thank you ve...

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Taoiseach Micheál Martin would not pin down a date for when a decision on the scheme will be made.